hlds problem

[replica]

every time i try to start my hlds i get this error

i don't know what caused it or why it just started popping up recently. lately with the new beta pack ive also been getting memory delocation pop ups and buffer overrun errors with the hlds.

 

[Thothie]

Well, the buffer overrun and memory dealloc's are certainly nothing new - although the delloc's maybe more common due to the fact that we've not yet started disconnecting players before map changes. The other issue you have there is caused by having a previous install where the maps failed to update proper. I'd suggest downloading the full install, installing it in a temp folder some place, grabbing the maps from it, then dumping them onto your server install (overwriting your existing maps) - this should fix your problem without risking fuxing with your server configuration.

 

[Slaytanic_pb]

Thothie,

You suggested that the map(s) needs to be updated, but what about the character recovery map? I don't think that map has ever been updated, or needs to be updated. On the Revolution server, that error was springing up constantly as the server was trying to load up this map from crash.cfg.

 

[Thothie]

There's more than one version of that map out there, one has been known to corrupt sometimes, suggest replacing it as well (it's included in the installer).

It has occured to me that Orc_Arena is not in the full installer though. >_> Given some of the other crap maps I put in it, that I said I wouldn't, I suppose I should fix that sometime.

 

[replica]

problem solved thanks thothie

 

[Sabre]

lostcaverns does this too.

 

[Thothie]

Same response.

 

[Slaytanic_pb]

Thanks Thothie!

That worked for me. I downloaded the full installer and grabbed the char_recover map from it and it worked fine.